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ARMY AIRWAYS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM UNITS


TABLE OF CONTENTS
Sources of Information
AACS Background
Force Structure Before 15 May 1944 Airways Control Areas
10th AACS Sq
25th AACS Sq
Force Structure as of 15 May 1944
Force Structure as of 20 July 1945
88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing) 711th AAFBU (61st AACS Gp) 1st AACS Tactical Sq
 754th AAFBU (124th AACS Sq)
 755th AAFBU (125th AACS Sq)
 756th AAFBU (126th AACS Sq)
712th AAFBU (62nd AACS Gp) 757th AAFBU (127th AACS Sq)
 758th AAFBU (128th AACS Sq)
713th AAFBU (63d AACS Gp) 788th AAFBU (158th AACS Sq)
 789th AAFBU (159th AACS Sq)
??? AAFBU (69th AACS Gp) 759th AAFBU (129th AACS Sq)
 760th AAFBU (130th AACS Sq)
Air Base Communications Detachments
91st AAFBU (7th AACS Wing) ??? AAFBU (70th AACS Gp) 777th AAFBU (147th AACS Sq)
Force Structure as of 1 March 1946


Sources of Information:


The following sources were used throughout this section:

AACS Alumni Association (Mr. Hank Sauer, webmaster)

AAF Station List - 1 May 1944

AAF Station List - 1 May 1945

NOTE:  The AAF Station Lists were generated by the AAF and was obtained from the National Archives.  They are a snapshot-in-time of units and their locations at the time the list was compiled.  It is not completely accurate as units were often in transition between the times the list was compiled and published.

Also note that some of the APOs are not necessarily the location of the unit but rather the APO used by the unit.  Therefore there may be differences in AACS unit locations between the AAF Station Lists and AACS Alumni Association data.  Both lists are provided for comparison.

Air Force Communications Agency

Military.com, Mr. Charles Aresta

Mr. Larry Morrison, AFCA Staff Historian (AFCA/HO), Scott AFB, IL

Mr. Carl Bailey, AFHRA Historian (AFHRA/RSO), Maxwell AFB, IL

Mr. Mark Boland

Mr. Bernie Shearon


AACS Background

The AACS emblem was approved for use in 1944 and remained in use until 1961.


The current emblem design debuted on 1 July 1961 during the ceremonies officiated by Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Curtis E. LeMay marking the redesignation of the Airways and Air Communications Service as Air Force Communications Service.

Emblem Significance:  The mailed fist represents Air Force commanders who exercise command and control of aerospace forces. The electronic flashes represent all forms of aerospace communications through which control of aerospace forces is provided. The North Star symbolizes the heritage of navigation and air traffic control as distinct but integrated parts of command and control, and the world portrays the global aspects of AFCA and Air Force operations.


Bench located in Memorial Park
National Museum of the United States Air Force


AFCA Lineage

The Army Airways Communications System was first organized on Nov. 15 1938, in the Directorate of Communications of the U.S. Army Air Corps. On Apr. 13, 1943, the official lineage of the Army Airways Communications System as a separate organization began with the constitution of the Army Airways Communications System Wing. The Wing was activated as part of the Flight Control Command on Apr. 26, 1943.

On July 14, 1943, the Wing was reassigned directly to the Army Air Forces. It was redesignated the Army Airways Communications Service, the Wing designator was dropped, on Apr. 26, 1944. On Mar. 13, 1946, the Army Airways Communications Service was redesignated the Air Communications Service and reassigned to the Air Transport Command. The Air Communications Service was redesignated the Airways and Air Communications Service Sept. 11, 1946. Airways and Air Communications Service was reassigned to the Military Air Transport Service June 1, 1948.

Airways and Air Communications Service became the Air Force's 16th major air command July 1, 1961 and was simultaneously redesignated the Air Force Communications Service. Air Force Communications Service was redesignated the Air Force Communications Command Nov. 15, 1979. Air Force Communications Command became a field operating agency on July 1, 1991, and, on May 28, 1993 was redesignated the Air Force Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Agency. The Air Force Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Agency was redesignated the Air Force Communications Agency June 13, 1996. On Apr. 1, 1997, the Agency was reassigned as a subordinate unit of the Air Force Communications and Information Center. The Agency was redesignated a field operating agency, reporting directly to the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Information, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2000.

AFCA Designations and Dates

15 November 1938 — Army Airways Communications System

13 April 1943 — Army Airways Communications System Wing

26 April 1944 — Army Airways Communications System

13 March 1946 — Air Communications Service

11 September 1946 — Airways and Air Communications Service

1 July 1961 — Air Force Communications Service

15 November 1979 — Air Force Communications Command

28 May 1993 — Air Force Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Agency

13 June 1996 — Air Force Communications Agency



Source:

Army Air Forces in WWII Series, Volume 7, Chapter 12
Office of Air Force History
Wesley Craven & James Cate, editors

China-Burma-India

In CBI the 10th AACS Squadron, operating as a unit of the Tenth Air Force, struggled through the winter of 1942-43 to establish communications facilities linking India and China and at the same time to render such assistance as it could to tactical operations in Burma. The squadron was reassigned to AACS in April 1943, and in July its responsibilities were divided with a newly assigned 25th Squadron. The 10th retained responsibility for India and Burma, except for Assam, and the 25th, with headquarters at Chabua, took up the task of providing communications along the famed "Hump" route into China. In the fall, as previously noted, the Asiatic Airways Communications Area (AACA) was introduced as a superior headquarters for the two squadrons. These developments followed a pattern of organization that was becoming familiar throughout AACS at the time. More important is the fact that they also reflected a growing concern at the highest level of command for the assistance of China. The Fourteenth Air Force recently had been activated, and ATC had been given targets for cargo deliveries over the Hump that were staggering by comparison with anything theretofore achieved.

For the Hump and its defending forces, the 10th Squadron had managed to put into operation nine stations-three on the China side of the Himalayas and six on the India side-of which Chabua in Assam and Kunming in China were the chief, as was the 10th's station at Karachi the chief link joining Chabua with Khartoum and other points along the airways of Africa. To man its stations, the 25th took over from the 10th a complement of 16 officers and 168 enlisted men who often worked on twelve-hour shifts while they waited for reinforcements that would bring strength up to 77 officers and 540 men. The 10th Squadron began its separate operations with another nine stations, of which the one at Delhi, where military headquarters in CBI tended to concentrate, and the one at Karachi, gateway to India, were the chief. With a complement, to begin with of 31 officers and 141 enlisted men, the 10th AACS Squadron had many members who also knew, day after day, what a twelve-hour tour of duty meant. When AACA gave way in May 1944 to the 4th AACS Wing, the new wing took charge of more than a hundred and twenty stations. The wing included the 1st Tactical Group, a unit organized specifically for assistance of the B-29's of XX Bomber Command.

More than one of the AACS stations in CBI were now major installations embodying some of the more advanced technical equipment and skill of the society that had placed them "on the other side of the world." Some were limited by geographical considerations, by the lack of an adequate source of power, or by the speed of military developments to makeshift facilities that depended ultimately for their effectiveness upon the men who manned them. These were men to whom the G.I. term of "sweating it out" became something quite literal in the climate of India or Assam, men who often knew in China or in Burma the meaning of repeated enemy attacks, and men who experienced the isolation of duty in remote mountain stations or in the jungles of Burma.

Beginning in December 1943 the AACS had undertaken to provide tactical communications in Southeast Asia at the request of the Fourteenth Air Force and other combat units. Its first two stations for that purpose were established in eastern China, to support air operations against Japanese shipping in the China Sea and against enemy troops and supply concentrations in the Changsha area. Other facilities were installed in the Imphal-Kohima region, where enemy ground forces had broken into India and almost reached the railroad from Assam to Bengal. Farther south, stations were established at Bangalore and Ceylon for the support of amphibious operations of the Southeast Asia Command. During the spring of 1944, eight others were set up to assist air and ground forces operating in China, India, and Burma.

In spite of these new and enlarged installations, air communications in eastern and southeastern Asia continued to present a serious problem. The lack of adequately powered radio aids to navigation seriously limited bad-weather operations. Shortages of personnel and equipment to handle point-to-point communications caused overloaded channels and delayed reception of weather and other tactical information at command headquarters. Outdated or inaccurate weather data were especially injurious to air-transport operations and directly affected the air supply of forward bases.

Airways to Tokyo

...In keeping with a recent decision in Washington for redesignation of AACS units, the Pacific Airways Communications Area became on 15 May 1944 the 7th AACS Wing with jurisdiction over the 5th, 7th, and 20th Squadrons-now redesignated, respectively, as the 68th, 70th, and 71st AACS Groups. The subdivision of the groups into squadrons, and of squadrons into detachments, gave to the AACS in the Pacific, as elsewhere, a superior structure for the accomplishment of its mission. No less important was the establishment of a common headquarters for the combat zones of the Pacific war.

Biak, Saipan, Guam, Leyte, Luzon, Iwo Jima, Okinawa-all found their way into the history of the 7th Wing, as finally did Tokyo. When news of the Japanese proposal for surrender came, the 7th Wing and more especially the 68th Group received orders to fly into Atsugi Airfield, below Tokyo, the communications equipment and personnel necessary for guidance and reception of the great transports scheduled to "fly in" the first contingent of the occupation troops. AACS's mission was to provide navigational aids, point-to-point communication with Okinawa, air-to-ground communication for planes in flight, weather data, and traffic control. A special unit of handpicked men was quickly organized, put through a trial exercise at Clark Field near Manila, and flown to Okinawa to await the signal from higher headquarters. On the morning of 28 August 1945 some two dozen C-47's (one of them a fully equipped mobile radio station) flew from Okinawa to Atsugi carrying technical equipment and technicians, many of them belonging to the AACS, for the establishment of an emergency air base in Japan's homeland. And so were men long accustomed to follow combat troops ashore put in a position to welcome combat units as they reached the war's last beachhead.

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Force Structure Before 15 May 1944


Prepared & Published by AC/S Intelligence
HQ, AACS Wing, AAF
Asheville, NC
Based on AAF Regulation 100-2 & 100-2a
20 November 1943

Airways Control Areas (ACA)

The first AACS organizations were called Airways Control Areas.  On 15 May 1944 most became Army Air Forces Base Units (Wings) - e.g., 88th AAFBU (4th Wing).

Asiatic ACA

Lineage:  Constituted 22 Feb 43; activated 9 Oct 43 as a superior headquarters for the 10th and 25th AACS Squadrons; disbanded 15 May 44 and replaced by 4th AACS Wing.

Stations:  New Delhi, India

10th AACS Sq

Lineage:  Activated 17 Apr 42 and assigned to Tenth AF; redesignated 10th Airways Comm Sq, 23 Dec 42; redesignated 10th Army Airways Comm Sq, 4 May 43 and assigned to AACS; disbanded 15 May 44

Stations:  Bolling Field, DC; Morrison Field, FL; Miami, FL; Chabua, Karachi (882 NY), New Delhi

Detachments
Det (884 NY) - Agra, India
Det (886 NY) - Allahabad, India
Det (465 NY) - Calcutta, India
Det (629 NY) - Chabua, India
Det (631 NY) - Chakulia, India
Det (630 NY) - Gaya, India
Det (886 NY) - Jodhpur, India
Det (431 NY) - Lalmanir Hat, India
Det (886 NY) - Karachi, India
Det (886 NY) - Pandaveswar, India

25th AACS Sq

Established Jul 43; On 15 May 44, the 25th AACS Sq was disbanded and replaced by the 88th AAF Base Unit (4th AACS Wing)

Stations:  Chabua, India; Chengkung, China (627 NY)

Detachments
Det (466 NY) - Jorhat, India
Det (627 NY) - Kunming, China
Det (689 NY) - Ledo, India
Det (629 NY) - Mohanbari, India
Det (467 NY) - Sookerating, India
Det (429 NY) - Tezpur, India
Det (627 NY) - Yangkai, China
Det (627 NY) - Yunnanyi, China

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Force Structure as of 15 May 1944


Boundaries of AACS Wings & Groups
Based on AAF Regulation 100-2 & 100-2a 20 Nov 1943 and
LTR WD AG-322 (25 April 1944) OB-I-AFRDG-M Dated 26 April 1944
Edition of 15 May 1944
Revised 5 June 1944

From 15 May 44 to 20 Jul 45, AACS units were lettered squadrons (sections) of AAF Base Units.

The following list of lettered squadrons (sections) comes from the 1 May 1945 AAF Station List:

88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wg)
   Sec A (Hq, 4th AACS Wg) - Calcutta, India
   Sec B (61st AACS Gp)Sec C (Hq, 61st AACS Gp) - New Delhi, India
Sec D (124th AACS Sq) - Myitkyina, Burma
Sec E (125th AACS Sq) - Calcutta, India
Sec F (126th AACS Sq) - Malir, India
   Sec G (62nd AACS Gp)Sec H (Hq, 62nd AACS Gp) - Chabua, India
Sec I (127th AACS Sq) - Chabua, India
Sec J (128th AACS Sq) - Kurmitola, India
   Sec K (1st Tactical Gp, AACS)Sec L (Hq, 1st Tactical Gp, AACS) - Hijii, India
Sec M (129th AACS Sq) - Kharagpur, India
Sec N (130th AACS Sq) - Barrackpore, India
   Sec O (63d AACS Gp)Sec P (Hq, 63d AACS Gp) - Kunming, China
Sec Q (158th AACS Sq) - Chengkung, China
Sec R (159th AACS Sq) - Chengtu, China

91st AAFBU (7th AACS Wg)
   Sec A (Hq, 7th AACS Wg) - Hickam Field, T. H.
   Sec B (68th AACS Gp)Sec C (Hq, 68th AACS Gp) - Hollandia, New Guinea
Sec D (139th AACS Sq) - Brisbane, Australia
Sec E (140th AACS Sq) - Dreger Harbor, New Guinea
Sec F (141st AACS Sq) - Clark Field, P. I.
   Sec G (69th AACS Gp)Sec H (Hq, 69th AACS Gp) - Morotai Island
Sec I (142nd AACS Sq) - Morotai Island
Sec J (143d AACS Sq) - Hollandia, New Guinea
Sec K (144th AACS Sq) - inactive
   Sec L (70th AACS Gp)Sec M (Hq, 70th AACS Gp) - Hickam Field, T. H.
Sec N (145th AACS Sq) - Hickam Field, T. H.
Sec O (146th AACS Sq) - Kwajalein Island
Sec P (147th AACS Sq) - Saipan Island
Sec Q (148th AACS Sq) - Hickam Field, T. H.
   Sec R (71st AACS Gp)Sec S (Hq, 71st AACS Gp) - New Caledonia
Sec T (149th AACS Sq) - New Caledonia
Sec U (150th AACS Sq) - Guadalcanal
Sec V (151st AACS Sq) - inactive

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Force Structure as of 20 July 1945

88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing) - Calcutta, India

Lineage:  From 15 May 44 to 20 Jul 45, AACS units in the CBI were lettered squadrons (sections) of the 88th AAF Base Unit (4th AACS Wg). On that date, AACS formed separate base units for its groups and squadrons.

Stations:  Calcutta, Hastings Mill until some time in 1945, and finally New Delhi, where it was discontinued on 5 Jan 46.

NOTE:  Even though they were really AAF Base Units, AACS units used their parenthetical group and squadron descriptions almost exclusively (e.g., the 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing) would be referred to as the 4th AACS Wing).  This includes station lists (see 1945 AAF Station List).

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711th AAFBU (61st AACS Gp) - Calcutta, Hastings Mill (20 Jul 45 - 28 Feb 46)

Replaced Section C, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

       Source:  AACS Alumni Association

Detachments/Stations
Det - Agra Det/Sta - Haungpa
Det - Allahabad Det/Sta - Kunming
Det - Chabua Det/Sta - Kurmitola
Det - Cooch Behar Det/Sta - Lalmanirhat
Det - Delhi Det/Sta - Lankiung
Det - Gaya Det/Sta - Luchuan
Det - Jodhpur Det/Sta - Lufeng
Det - Karachi Det/Sta - Misamari
Det/Sta - Assam area Det/Sta - Mohanbari
Det/Sta - Bishuapur Det/Sta - Pandaveswar
Det/Sta - Chakolia Det/Sta - Sookerating
Det/Sta - China area Det/Sta - Tezpur
Det/Sta - Dinjan Det/Sta - Yangkai
Det/Sta - Dum Dum Det/Sta - Yunnanyi
Det/Sta - Fort Hertz  

Planned Stations
Sta - Bangalore Sta - Mienning
Sta - Calcutta Sta - Ondal
Sta - Ceylon Sta - Poona
Sta - Chittagong Sta - Sagaing
Sta - Lashio Sta - Shwebo
Sta - Mandalay Sta - Yanan
Sta - Maymyo  

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1st AACS Tactical Sq

Replaced Section K, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

Source:  Mr. Larry Morrison, AFCA Historian

According to the AACS history, the 61st AACS Group was authorized 15 May 1944 but did not actually become established until 11 June. Under that group were three squadrons: the 124th with headquarters at New Delhi, the 125th with headquarters at New Delhi but later moved to Dum Dum.

Then the interesting part -- quoting from the history:  The third squadron "set a precedent, without fuller definition at first, it was merely designated as the First Tactical Squadron. Headquarters was designated at Kharagpur ... "  The history later states, "eventually the squadron developed into a group." Later, the history notes that the First Tactical Squadron was redesignated the 69th AACS Group in December 1944.

NOTE:  The Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) has no record of this unit in their archives.  It appears likely that the 1st AACS Tac Sq was redesignated as the 1st AACS Tactical Group as this Group does appear on the 1 May 1945 AAF Station List (see Force Structure as of 15 May 1944, above), and then redesignated again as the 69th AACS Gp, with the 129th and 130th AACS Squadrons assigned (see entry for 69th AACS Gp, below).

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754th AAFBU (124th AACS Sq) - New Delhi, Kurmitola (20 Jul 45 - 10 Oct 45)

Replaced Section D, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

Source:  AAF 1 May 1945 Station List

124th Army Airways Communication System Squadron (218 NY) - Myitkyina, Burma

Stations
Station #252 (218 NY) - Myitkyina Station #270 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #253 (689 NY) - Ledo Station #272 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #254 (689 NY) - Ledo Station #275 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #255 (689 NY) - Ledo Station #276 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #262 (218 NY) - Myitkyina Station #278 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #263 (218 NY) - Myitkyina Station #279 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #264 (218 NY) - Myitkyina Station #285 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #265 (218 NY) - Myitkyina  


Source:  AACS Alumni Association

Detachments
Det - Agra Det - Nagpur
Det - Bangalore Det - Nampanmao
Det - Bhamo Det - New Delhi
Det - Columbo Det - New Delhi
Det - Hsipaw Det - New Delhi
Det - Kuttkai Det - Sahmaw
Det - Lashio Det - Shingbwiyang
Det - Mongmit Det - Sumprabum
Det - Myitkyina East Det - Tingkawk Sakan
Det - Myitkyina North Det - Warazup
Det - Myitkyina South  

Other Locations (post-war):

124 AACS Sq (later 1901 AACS Sq, 1901 Comm Sq, 1901 Comm Gp, 1901 Information Systems Gp), Travis AFB, 1 Jun 48-

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755th AAFBU (125th AACS Sq) - New Delhi, Dum Dum, Hastings Fld (20 Jul 45 - 30 Apr 46)

Replaced Section E, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

Source:  AAF 1 May 1945 Station List

125th Army Airways Communication System Squadron (465 NY) - Calcutta, India

Stations
Station #136 (492 NY) - Barrackpore Station #149 (465 NY) - Calcutta
Station #139 (465 NY) - Calcutta Station #150 (465 NY) - Calcutta
Station #141 (630 NY) - Gaya Station #151 (465 NY) - Calcutta
Station #142 (671 NY) - Calcutta Station #152 (465 NY) - Calcutta
Station #145 (630 NY) - Gaya Station #153 (491 NY) - Bangalore
Station #146 (690 NY) - Ondal Station #154 (432 NY) - Kandy, Ceylon
Station #147 (690 NY) - Ondal Station #155 (630 NY) - Gaya
Station #148 (690 NY) - Ondal Station #156 (492 NY) - Barrackpore


Photo from Station #150, courtesy of Mrs. Carol Lynn Ott Heye, daughter of Cpl. William Ott


Source:  AACS Alumni Association

Detachments
Det - Agra Det - Kharagpur
Det - Bangalore Det - Lalmanirhat
Det - Bangkok Det - Ledo
Det - Barrackpore Det - Myitkyina South
Det - Bhagalpur Det - Nawadih
Det - Bhamo Det - New Delhi
Det - Calcutta Det - Ondal
Det - Chabua Det - Panagarp
Det - Char Chapli Island Det - Pandaveswar
Det - Cocanada Det - Piardoba
Det - Colombo Det - Puri
Det - Dudkundi Det - Rangoon
Det - Dum Dum Det - Saigon
Det - Fenny Det - Shamshernagar
Det - Gaya Det - Shwebo
Det - Hastings Det - Singapore (Kallang)
Det - Hijli Det - Sookerating
Det - Jodhpur Det - Suylhet
Det - Jorhat Det - Tezgaon
Det - Kalaikunda Det - Tezpur
Det - Karachi Det - Waltair

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756th AAFBU (126th AACS Sq) - Malir, Karachi (20 Jul 45 - Feb 46)  (See CBI Unit Histories)

Replaced Section F, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

Source:  AAF 1 May 1945 Station List

126th Army Airways Communication System Squadron (883 NY) - Malir, India

Stations
Station #171 (882 NY) - Karachi Station #177 (883 NY) - Karachi
Station #172 (881 NY) - Bombay Station #178 (884 NY) - Agra
Station #174 (882 NY) - Karachi Station #179 (885 NY) - New Delhi
Station #175 (886 NY) - Karachi Station #180 (885 NY) - New Delhi
Station #176 (882 NY) - Karachi Station #181 (885 NY) - New Delhi


Source:  AACS Alumni Association

Detachments
Det - Agra Det - Jodhpur
Det - Allahabad Det - Karachi
Det - Bangalore Det - Malir
Det - Bombay Det - New Delhi
Det - Cawnpore Det - New Delhi
Det - Colombo Det - New Delhi
Det - Jiwani Det - Spinagar

Other Locations (post-war):

126th AACS Sq, later 1928 AACS Sq, 1928 AACS Gp, 1928 Information Systems Gp, MacDill AFB, 1 Jun 48-

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712th AAFBU (62nd AACS Gp) - Chabua (20 Jul 45 - 20 Nov 45)

Replaced Section G, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

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757th AAFBU (127th AACS Sq) - Chabua

Assigned to 62nd AACS Gp, 15 May 1944

Replaced Section I, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

Source:  AAF 1 May 1945 Station List

Stations
Station #201 (629 NY) - Chabua Station #215 (629 NY) - Chabua
Station #202 (466 NY) - Jorhat Station #216 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #203 (466 NY) - Jorhat Station #217 (689 NY) - Ledo
Station #204 (629 NY) - Chabua Station #218 (689 NY) - Ledo
Station #205 (466 NY) - Jorhat Station #219 (689 NY) - Ledo
Station #206 (689 NY) - Ledo Station #220 (689 NY) - Ledo
Station #207 (489 NY) - Misamari Station #221 (487 NY) - Dinjan
Station #208 (490 NY) - Mohanbari Station #222 (466 NY) - Jorhat
Station #209 (629 NY) - Chabua Station #223 (467 NY) - Sookerating
Station #210 (689 NY) - Ledo Station #224 (629 NY) - Chabua
Station #211 (467 NY) - Sookerating Station #225 (629 NY) - Chabua
Station #212 (429 NY) - Tezpur Station #226 (629 NY) - Chabua
Station #213 (467 NY) - Sookerating Station #228 (466 NY) - Jorhat
Station #214 (429 NY) - Tezpur  


Source:  AACS Alumni Association

Detachments
Det - Amguri Det - Myitkyina
Det - Chabua Det - Namrup
Det - Dergaon Det - Pangsau Pass
Det - Dinjan Det - Pathalipam
Det - Ft. Hertz Det - Paya
Det - Golaghat Det - Sadiya
Det - Hoogrijaan Det - Shingbwiyang
Det - Imphal Det - Singri
Det - Jorhat Det - Sookerating
Det - Ledo Det - Tezpur
Det - Manipur Det - Tingkawk Sakan
Det - Mohanbari Det - Warazup
Det - Moran  

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758th AAFBU (128th AACS Sq) - Kurmitola

Assigned to 62nd AACS Gp, 15 May 1944

Replaced Section J, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

Source:  AAF 1 May 1945 Station List

128th Army Airways Communication System Squadron (433 NY) - Kurmitola, India

Stations
Station #251 (433 NY) - Tezgaon Station #269 (214 NY) - Chittagong
Station #252 (218 NY) - Myitkyina Station #270 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #253 (689 NY) - Ledo Station #271 (433 NY) - Tezgaon
Station #254 (689 NY) - Ledo Station #272 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #255 (689 NY) - Ledo Station #273 (214 NY) - Chittagong
Station #256 (214 NY) - Chittagong Station #274 (214 NY) - Chittagong
Station #257 (433 NY) - Tezgaon Station #275 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #258 (433 NY) - Tezgaon Station #276 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #259 (431 NY) - Lalmanir Hat Station #277 (214 NY) - Chittagong
Station #260 (219 NY) - Shamsbernagar Station #278 (218 NY) - Myitkyina
Station #261 (433 NY) - Tezgaon Station #280 (214 NY) - Chittagong
Station #262 (218 NY) - Myitkyina Station #281 (214 NY) - Chittagong
Station #263 (218 NY) - Myitkyina Station #282 (214 NY) - Chittagong
Station #264 (218 NY) - Myitkyina Station #283 (214 NY) - Chittagong
Station #265 (218 NY) - Myitkyina Station #284 (214 NY) - Chittagong
Station #267 (219 NY) - Shamsbernagar Station #286 (214 NY) - Chittagong
Station #268 (433 NY) - Tezgaon Station #287 (214 NY) - Chittagong


Source:  AACS Alumni Association

Detachments
Det - Agartala Det - Mobile Wea Team 1
Det - Akyab Det - Mohanbari
Det - Alon Det - Mse
Det - Bahe Det - Myingyan
Det - Bangkok Det - Myitkyina East
Det - Bhamo Det - Myitkyina North
Det - Bonzukan Det - Myitkyina South
Det - Chabua Det - Nampanmao
Det - Chanyi Det - Nanning
Det - Chittagong Det - Nansin
Det - Comilla Det - Ordaw
Det - Dwehla Det - Panghkam
Det - Ehrtong Det - Ramree Island
Det - Fenny Det - Rangoon
Det - Fungwhanshan Det - Rumkhapalong
Det - Hathazari Det - Rupsi
Det - Imphas Det - Sahmaw
Det - Indainggale Det - Saigon
Det - Kan Det - Shamsher Nager
Det - Kunyang Det - Shingbwiyang
Det - Kurmitola Det - Shwebo
Det - Kweilin Det - Singapore
Det - Lalmanirhat (Coochbehar) Det - Singri
Det - Lashio Det - Sinthe
Det - Ledo Det - Suichwan
Det - Lewe Det - Syhlhet
Det - Lingling Det - Tac Team 1 (Payagyi, Zaytkwin & Mingaladon)
Det - Magwe Det - Tac Team 5 ( Mawlu, Katha & Lashio)
Det - Meiktila Det - Tac Team 6 (Momauk & Bhamo)
Det - Mingaladon Det - Yangkai
Det - Misamari Det - Ywataung

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713th AAFBU (63d AACS Gp) - Liuchow, Nanking, Shanghai (20 Jul 45 - Mar 46)

Replaced Section O, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

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788th AAFBU (158th AACS Sq) - Chenking (20 Jul 45 - 24 oct 45)

Replaced Section Q, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

Source:  AACS Alumni Association

Detachments
Det - Changting Det - Mengsa
Det - Chanyi Det - Mengtsze
Det - Chaotung Det - Nanning
Det - Chengkung Det - Paiyikou
Det - Chihkiang Det - Paoshan
Det - Hosi Det - Poseh
Det - Jochow Det - Shihtsung
Det - Kai Yuen Det - Sichow
Det - Kanhaitze Det - Sincheng
Det - Kunming Det - Suichwan
Det - Kunyang Det - Szemao
Det - Laowhangping Det - Tengchung
Det - Likiang Det - Tengehuan
Det - Liuchow Det - Tsing Chen
Det - Loping Det - Tsuyung
Det - Lotze Det - Tushan
Det - Luliang Det - Yangkai
Det - Mengshih Det - Yunnanyi

Other Locations (post-war):

Templehof Air Base, GE:
       788 AAFBU (158 AACS Sq), later 788 AF BU (158 AACS Sq), 10 Sep 47-3 Jun 48
       158 AACS Sq (later 1946 AACS Sq), 3 Jun 48-1 Nov 53
       1946 AACS Sq (later 1946 Comm Sq) 1 Nov 53-

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789th AAFBU (159th AACS Sq) - Peishiyi, Ipin, Chunking (20 Jul 45 - 5 Nov 45)

Replaced Section R, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

Source:  AACS Alumni Association

Detachments
Det - Ankang Det - Lanchow
Det - Chaotung Det - Liangshan
Det - Chia Kiang Det - Loshan
Det - Chiu Ling Po Det - Lunsien (La Tiem Pa)
Det - Enshih Det - Peishiyi
Det - Fungwhanshan Det - Pengshan
Det - Hanchung Det - Pung Cha Cheng
Det - Hsian Det - Schwengliu
Det - Hsinching - Sta 353 Det - Suchow
Det - Hsinching - Sta 359 Det - Suining
Det - Hsinching - Sta 371 Det - Szemao
Det - Hsinching - Sta 374 Det - Tihwa
Det - Ipin Det - Wuchussu
Det - Kiunglai Det - Yenan
Det - Kwanghan  

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??? AAFBU (69th AACS Gp)

Replaced Section G, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

Redesignated from 1st Tactical Squadron (later, Group) (61st AACS Gp) in December 1944 (see 1st AACS Tactical Sq, above)

NOTE:  The Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) has no record of this unit in their archives.  Their records jump from the 68th AACS Gp to the 70th AACS Gp.  However, the AAF 1 May 1945 Station List has this entry:

Hq, 69 Army Airways Communication System Group (693 NY) - Kharagpur, India

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759th AAFBU (129th AACS Sq) - Shanghai (20 Jul 45 - 25 Apr 46)

Replaced Section M, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

Source:  AAF 1 May 1945 Station List

129th Army Airways Communication System Squadron (493 NY) - Kharagpur, India

Stations
Station #501 (631 NY) - Chakulia
Station #502 (493 NY) - Kharagpur
Station #503 (493 NY) - Kharagpur
Station #504 (493 NY) - Kharagpur
Station #505 (220 NY) - Piardoba
Station #506 (215 NY) - Dudhkundi
Station #507 (493 NY) - Kharagpur
Station #541 (432 NY) - Kandy, Ceylon


Source:  AACS Alumni Association

Detachments
Det - Canton Det - Nanking
Det - Chakulia Det - Nanning
Det - Chihkiang Det - Peiping
Det - Dudhkundi Det - Peishiyi
Det - Hangchow Det - Piardoba
Det - Hankow Det - Shanghai - Sta 43109
Det - Hijli Det - Shanghai - Sta 43112
Det - Kalaikunda Det - Shanghai - Sta 43118
Det - Kharagpur Det - Suichwan
Det - Kunming Det - Tsinan
Det - Liuchow Det - Yushan

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760th AAFBU (130th AACS Sq) - Kunming, Hsinching (20 Jul 45 - Jan 46)  (See CBI Unit Histories)

Replaced Section N, 88th AAFBU (4th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

Source:  AACS Alumni Association

Detachments
Det - Chanyi Det - Luliang
Det - Chengkung Det - Mangshih
Det - Fungwhanshan Det - Mengsa
Det - Hanchung Det - Mengtsz
Det - Hosi Det - Paoshan
Det - Hsian Det - Peishiyi
Det - Hsinching - Stations: 521, 522, 537, 43027, 43035 Det - Pengshan
Det - Jochow Det - Poseh
Det - Kai Yuen Det - Pung Cha Cheng
Det - Kiunglai Det - Schwangliu
Det - Kunming - Stations 43002/3 Det - Suchow
Det - Kunyang Det - Suining
Det - Kwanghan Det - Szemao
Det - Kweichow Det - Tsinan
Det - Laohuangping Det - Tushan
Det - Liangshan Det - Wuchussu
Det - Loping Det - Yanglin
Det - Loshan Det - Yunnanyi
Det - Lotzu Det - Yangkai
Det - Luhsien  

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Air Base Communications Detachments:

     Asiatic Airways Tech & Admin Training School (885 NY) - Karachi, India
     1st Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 69th Composite Wing
     2nd Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 68th Air Service Gp (attached) - Chengkung by 11 May 45
     3d Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - China Air Service Cmd (14th ASG, Luliang by 11 May 45)
     4th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Chinese-American Composite Wing
     5th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 68th Air Service Gp (attached) - Yunnanyi by 11 May 45
     6th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 68th Air Service Gp (attached) - Yangkai by 11 May 45
     7th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 312th Fighter Wing
     8th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 315th Air Service Gp (attached)
     9th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - 315th Air Service Gp (attached)
     10th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - China Air Service Cmd (attached) - Chanyi by 11 May 15
     11th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) - Ledo as of 1 Aug 45; 69th Composite Wing
          Other Sites of Interest:  Jake Jesse in the CBI Theater

     12th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) (218 NY) - Myitkyina, Burma
     13th Air Base Communications Det (Sp) (218 NY) - Myitkyina, Burma

General Order 120 showing assignment of 11th, 12th, 13th Air Base Communications Detachments

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91st AAFBU (7th AACS Wing) - Hickam Field, T. H.

Lineage:  The 91st AAF Base Unit (7th AACS Wing) was organized at Hickam Fld 15 May 44, moved to Fort McKinley in Jul 45, and Tokyo in May 46. It was redesignated 91st AF Base Unit (7th AACS Wing) 26 Sep 47. It was discontinued 3 Jun 48 and replaced by the 7th AACS Wg, which was designated 24 May 48 and organized 1 Jun 48 (this unit was last active in 1990 as the Pacific Communications Div).

Until 20 Jul 45, all AACS units in the Pacific were lettered squadrons (sections) of the 91st AAF Base Unit. On that date, AACS formed separate base units for its groups and squadrons.

NOTE:  Even though they were really AAF Base Units, AACS units used their parenthetical group and squadron descriptions almost exclusively (e.g., the 91st AAFBU (7th AACS Wing) would be referred to as the 7th AACS Wing).  This even includes station lists (see 1945 AAF Station List).

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??? AAFBU (70th AACS Group) - Oahu, Guam

Replaced Section L, 91st AAFBU (7th AACS Wing), 20 Jul 45

Source:  AACS Alumni Association

Detachments
Det - Eniwetok
Det - Majuro Atoll

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777th AAFBU (147th AACS Sq) - Harmon Fld, Guam

15 May 44 - 20 Jul 45: Section P, 91st AAF Base Unit (147th AACS Sq). 20 Jul 45 - 3 Jun 48: 777th AAF Base Unit (147th AACS Sq).

Source:  AACS Alumni Association

Detachments
Det - Angaur Det - Peleliu (Also Angaur)
Det - Biak (Borokoe Strip) Det - Saipan Det 32
Det - Guam Det 33 Det - Saipan Det 46
Det - Guam Det 36 Det - Saipan Det 55
Det - Guam Det 38 Det - Saipan Det 56
Det - Guam Det 57 Det - Tinian
Det - Iwo Jima Det 44 Det - Truk Atoll (Moen Island)
Det - Marcus Island Det - Ulithi

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Force Structure as of 1 March 1946

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